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The events surrounding the Burr Conspiracy were among the first tests of the effectiveness of the United States democracyAaron Burr was born in Newark New Jersey on February 6 1756 and Burr was educated at what is now Princeton University Burr joined the Continental Army in 1775 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel Burr was appointed attorney general of New York in 1789 and served as a United States senator from 1791 to 1797 Onager CD-ROM In the Election of 1800 Aaron Burr was the running mate of Republican candidate Thomas Jefferson Although Burr was running for vice-president he received as many votes as Jefferson did and the House of Representatives chose Jefferson as president After Burrs term as vice-president was over and he lost the race for the governorship of New York Burr fought Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weekawhen New Jersey on July 111804 Aaron Burr killed his political rival Alexander Hamilton and his credibility as a politician in that duel Shortly after the duel Aaron Burr became involved in a plot known as the Burr Conspiracy After the scheme was discovered by Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr was arrested for treason Burr was acquitted after a six-month trial on September 1 1807Alexander Hamilton was born as an illegitimate child on the Island of Nevis on January 11 1757 Alexander Hamilton was educated at what is now Columbia University Hamilton served as a soldier and Washingtons personal secretary during the Revolutionary War After the Revolutionary War he studied law in New York and served in the Continental Congress from 1782-1783Onager CD-ROM In 1787 Hamilton helped ratify the Constitution in New York and wrote many of the 85 essays known as the Federalist Papers In 1789 George Washington appointed Hamilton as the first Secretary of Treasury As the Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton devised plans that funded national debts assumed the states Revolutionary War debts and established the First National Bank of

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